Weekend Box Office: 'It Ends with Us' and 'Alien: Romulus' Both Top $300 Million
All of the non-'Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice' news, including a strong hold for 'Reagan'
And here I thought there wouldn’t be much box office holdover news in the wake of Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice topping domestically ($110 million) and worldwide ($146 million). It’s still worth noting that the overall weekend cume was around $152 million, which was +70% from this frame last year and +10% from this post-labor weekend in 2019 (when It Chapter Two opened with “only” $91 million). That’s not to say that every weekend requires tentpole-sized openers, and it’s worth remembering that in a healthy marketplace, you want some weekends where smaller films can thrive and everything else can leg out a little. Still, it’s a reminder that A) tentpoles can open anywhere and B) the theatrical marketplace can return to approximate mid-2010s levels if the product is provided. When Hollywood shows up, audiences show up, too.
In today’s holdover weekend box office report -
Reagan nears $20 million domestic after ten days of release
Alien: Romulus and It Ends with Us both top $300 million worldwide
Deadpool & Wolverine nears $1.3 billion as Inside Out 2 tops Jurassic World
Blink Twice, a $20 million, R-rated original, might reach $50 million globally
M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap is a small(er)scale success story.
Strange Darling is a promising start for newbie Magenta Light Studios
Coraline A) can’t be reasoned with, B) can’t be bargained with, C) doesn’t feel pity or remorse or fear and D) absolutely will not stop. Ever. Until you are dead.